Skip to content
The Kaintuckeean
Unique Kentucky History
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Publications
  • Gallery
  • The Author
  • Contact Us

Tag: Jessamine

Uncertain Fate for 1914 Neo-Classical Home in Nicholasville, Kentucky

November 3, 2016 thekaintuckeean

At an auction yesterday, a century-old home on the south side of Nicholasville was auctioned off. The property located at…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Demolition Watch, Jessamine, Jessamine County

Comment on the Kentucky State Road Plan to put a Stake in the Vampire Road

August 11, 2016 thekaintuckeean

Over the years, I’ve written several posts in opposition to the proposed I-75 Connector that would slice through Jessamine and…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Jessamine, Jessamine County, Madison

5 in ’15: The Best of the Kaintuckeean in 2015

December 31, 2015 thekaintuckeean

The majority of posts on this site focus on Lexington, Kentucky history and historic preservation. But looking back at 2015’s…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Dawkins Trail, Demolition Watch, Fayette, Fayette County, Griffith Woods, Harrison, Harrison County, Jessamine, Jessamine County, Magoffin, Magoffin County, Nicholasville, Top Posts

Another Nicholasville House is Gone

November 28, 2015 thekaintuckeean

404 West Maple Street – Nicholasville, Ky. Jessamine County PVA.  A month or so ago, my family was walking along…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Demolition Watch, Jessamine, Jessamine County

Once Cried Off to a “Plain, Practical Farmer,” the Chaumiere des Praries is to be Auctioned Again

November 1, 2015 thekaintuckeean

The Chaumiere des Praries in Jessamine County, Kentucky. Author’s collection. In the early 1790s, along what is today Catnip Hill…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Jessamine, LostLexington

Metes and bounds: Measuring up Kentucky

October 18, 2015 thekaintuckeean

Used for centuries in England, the system of describing land by its metes and bounds is a common way of…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Carter, geography, Jessamine, Kentucky history, Kentucky places, maps

Historic Markers Share Kentucky’s History

June 9, 2015 thekaintuckeean

New Historic Marker in Jessamine County. Rep. Russ Meyer. Throughout Kentucky, roadside markers placed by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Garrard, Jessamine, Madison

Regional Look to Blue Grass Trust’s 11 Endangered List

March 2, 2015 thekaintuckeean

Photographs of Select Sites on the Blue Grass Trust’s Eleven in Their Eleventh Hour List Each year, the Blue Grass…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: BGT, Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Harrison, Jessamine, Madison, Marquis de Lafayette, Mercer, Scott, Woodford

A Snow Covered Nicholasville

February 23, 2015 thekaintuckeean 2 Comments

The Jessamine County Courthouse in Nicholasville, Ky. In the height of last week’s snow, I set out on a walk…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Jessamine

Discovering The Trails of Jessamine County

January 14, 2015 thekaintuckeean

Kentucky River winding through the Bluegrass. Author’s Collection. Of the Bluegrass region, J. Soule Smith wrote in his “Bluegrass Region…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Jessamine Journal, Uncategorized Filed under: Jessamine, JJ

Post navigation

Page 2 of 9
← Previous 1 2 3 … 9 Next →

Recent Posts

  • Restore the Historic Markers
  • When the Waters Rise
  • Jessamine Creek Gorge Trail

Archives

Follow Us

Tags

abandoned African American BGT BGTdeTours bookreview Bourbon Boyle bridges Campbell cemeteries Centrepointe churches Civil War courthouses Demolition Watch deTour ElkhornVale Fayette Fayette County Franklin Geneva Hardman GenevaHardmanBook Harrison Henry Clay Jefferson Jessamine Jessamine County JJ kentucky120 kernels Lexington LostLexington Madison MarkerMonday Mason National Register Action NoDestination outofstate Pulaski Scott sports ThrowBackThursday towns UniversityPress walkLEX
Copyright © 2022 The Kaintuckeean — Ascension WordPress theme by GoDaddy